Edwaed l



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcEg EDVARD L. VILSON, AOF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO A CHARLES H. MORGAN, OF SAME PLACE.

PICTURE-ENVELOPE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,861, dated July 8,ISGZ.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD L. VILSON, ofthe city and county ofPhiladelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew anduseful article of manufacture, which I term the Picture-Envelope.7

The object of my invention is to produce an envelope so constructed thatan inclosed picture may be seen by simply lifting the sealAli-ap Withoutremoving the picture, and thereby protect the picture fromfinger-stains.

It consists in constructing an envelope with an opening through one ofits sides, and a sealflap of sufficient dimensions to cover saidopening; and I hereby declare that the same is fully described andaccurately represented in the following specification, and accompanyingdrawings, in Which- Figure 1 represents a picture-envelope with theseal-flap uplifted. Fig. 2 represents a blank cut out preparatory tofolding, the red lilies indicating the lines of folding. Eig; 3 showsanother modification ofthe pictureenvelope bet-ter adapted for somestyles of pictures. n

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate similarparts.

In Fig. 2, D and E indicate the parts of the blank which when foldedform the two sides of the enveldpe. The part A represents the seal-flap.B indicates the opening through which thepicture may be seen. In foldingthis blank the part E may be folded at the line H down upon the part D.The ilapsGCare then pasted or gummed and folded at the lines K K downupon the side E. The seal-Hap A is then folded at the line I down uponthe opening B, which completes the manufacture.

no claim, but,

Having briefly described my invention and one process-of manufacture,what I do claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, isd

An envelope constructed with an opening through one of its sides, incombination with a fiap adapted to cover said opening, substair tiallyas set forth.

EDVARD L. WILSON.

ifitnesses:

JOHN MELLOEP, CHIS. H. MORGAN.

